Remote control system

ABSTRACT

A remote control device is proposed, in which a clip for securing to clothing is removably disposed.  
     The clip  10  can be attached to the body of the remote control device  11  such that the grip portion of the clip opens and closes either in the direction of a headphone side or a portable electronic equipment side.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a remote control device having a clipfor securing to clothing, which is used for portable electronicequipment.

BACKGROUND ART

Traditionally, in portable electronic equipment such as portable minidisk (MD) players, portable compact disk (CD) players, there have beennumerous ones that can be remotely controlled by a remote controldevice.

As such a remote control device, there is one disposed midway along acode for electrically connecting portable electronic equipment and aheadphone. In this remote control device, in the case of putting on aheadphone, the weight of the remote control device may be applied to theears, and in the case of carrying portable electronic equipment, theremote control device may be shaky. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, aremote control device 200 is provided with a clip 201, and the remotecontrol device 200 is fixedly attached to clothing by gripping, forexample, a chest pocket or a fly portion of the clothing by the clip201.

In addition, the remote control device 200 is often provided with aliquid crystal display section 202, and by the liquid crystal displaysection 202, user can confirm, for example, an indication based on datain the reproduction state of the portable electronic equipment.

However, in a case where this conventional remote control device 200 isattached to, for example, a left chest pocket of clothing, a fly portionof female clothing (the right fly portion is on the upper side), or thelike, there has been the problem that the characters on the liquidcrystal display section 202 are illegible for user.

Herein, the above-mentioned problem is described specifically. As shownin FIG. 14, the direction of characters on the liquid crystal displaysection 202 is from the portable electronic equipment body side to theheadphone side. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15A, in a case where theremote control device 200 is attached to a left chest pocket of clothingwith the use of the clip 201, when viewed from user, the characters onthe liquid crystal display section 202 are directed from the right sideto the left side, and the up-and-down direction of the characters isreversed, and hence the characters are illegible.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15B, in a case where the remotecontrol device 200 is attached to a male fly portion of clothing (theleft fly portion is on the upper side) with the use of the clip 201,when viewed from user, the characters on the liquid crystal displaysection 202 are directed from the left side to the right side, and theup-and-down direction of the characters is not reversed, and hence thecharacters are legible.

However, as shown in FIG. 15C, in a case where the remote control device200 is attached to a female fly portion of clothing (the right flyportion is on the upper side) with the use of the clip 201, when viewedfrom user, the characters on the liquid crystal display section 202 aredirected from the right side to the left side, and the up-and-downdirection of the characters is reversed, and hence the characters areillegible.

Further, depending on the type of the remote control device 200, thedirection of characters is reversed from that in FIG. 14, and in somecases, the direction of characters on the liquid crystal display section202 is from the headphone side to the portable electronic equipment bodyside, as shown in FIG. 16.

Even with the liquid crystal display section 202 on which indicationsare executed in such a direction of characters, it is unable to solvethe problem that in the case of attaching the remote control device 200to a male fly portion of clothing (the left fly portion is on the upperside) by using the clip 201, when viewed from user, the characters onthe liquid crystal display section 202 are directed from the right sideto the left side, and the up-and-down direction of the characters isreversed, and hence the characters are illegible.

Besides the above-mentioned problem relating to the legibility ofcharacters in the liquid crystal display section 202, there has been theproblem that the method of attaching the remote control device 200 toclothing with the use of the conventional clip 201 has limited theapplication of the remote control device 200, resulting in less degreesof freedom of the application of the remote control device 200.Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 17, the remote controldevice 200 cannot be attached to a pocket of clothing by using the clip201, with the remote control device 200 upside down. It is thereforeimpossible to use with the remote control device 200 upside down.

Additionally, in a case where the clothing user is wearing does not havea pocket, a fly portion etc., to which the clip 202 is attached, forexample, in a case where user is wearing a round-neck tee shirt havingno pocket, as shown in FIG. 18, there has been the problem that theweights of the remote control device 200 and a code 204 are applied to adriver section 203 a of a headphone 203, thus hurting the ears.

The present invention was made in view of the foregoing problems, andhas for its object to provide a remote control device in which a clipfor securing to clothing is removably disposed.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

A remote control device in accordance with the present invention is aremote control device, which is disposed midway along a code forelectrically connecting portable electronic equipment and a headphone,and remotely controls the portable electronic equipment, and has adisplay section for displaying character information outputted from theportable electronic equipment, and which is provided with a removableclip.

In the remote control device in accordance with the present invention,the removable clip is disposed in the remote control device, and hencewhen the clip is attached to the remote control device, the remotecontrol device can be secured to clothing by griping, for example, apocket etc. of clothing by the attached clip. Also, when the clip isremoved from the remote control device, the remote control device iseasy to hold and easy to operate. Further, the removed clip can also beused to grip the code.

Alternatively, a remote control device of the present invention is oneto which a clip is attached such that a grip portion of the clip opensand closes either in the direction of a headphone side or a portableelectronic equipment side.

Depending upon to which portion of clothing, such as a left chestpocket, female and male fly portions, etc. of clothing, the remotecontrol device will be secured, the direction in which the grip portionof the clip opens and closes can be selected from the headphone side andthe portable electronic equipment side so as to attach the clip to theremote control device. It is therefore able to secure the remote controldevice to the clothing in the direction in which character informationon the display section is legible.

Alternatively, a remote control device of the present invention is onein which a clip has a first clip piece, a second clip piece, and afixing lever that are rotatably supported on a rotary axis, and a springdisposed at the rotary axis, one end of which is supported on the firstclip piece, and the other end is supported on the fixing lever, thisspring having resilient bias to bias the fixing lever toward the secondclip piece, and also having resilient bias in the direction in which agrip portion of the first clip piece and a grip portion of the secondclip piece are press-contacted via the fixing lever, wherein aprojection portion is formed at a bottom face of the second clip piece,and an engage projection is formed at the fixing lever, and there aredisposed a slide groove over which the projection portion of the secondclip piece slides, and two engage bores to which the engage projectionof the fixing lever is engaged.

To attach the clip to the remote control device, while lifting thefixing lever of the clip, it is slid over the slide groove of the remotecontrol device with the projection portion of the second clip piece asguide. Then, if the fixing lever is released, by the resilient bias ofthe spring that biases the fixing lever toward the second clip piece,the engage projection of the fixing lever is engaged to the engage boreof the remote control device, and the clip is attached to the remotecontrol device.

To remove the clip from the remote control device, the fixing lever islifted to release the engagement of the engage projection to the engagebore; and is slid to the slide groove of the remote control device inthe opposite direction to that at the time of attachment, with theprojection portion of the second clip piece as guide.

Alternatively, a stopper for restricting the slide of the projectionportion of the second clip piece may be formed at the slide groove.Thereby, the slide of the clip may be executed until the projectionportion is restricted by the stopper at the slide groove.

Alternatively, a remote control device of the present invention isadapted to grip a code between the fixing lever of the removed clip andthe second clip piece, and grip the clothing of user between the firstclip piece and the second clip piece.

If the fixing lever of the removed clip is pushed up to grip the codebetween the fixing lever and the second clip piece, and then the fixinglever is released, the code is gripped by the resilient bias of thespring. Also, between the first clip piece and the second clip piece,part of the clothing of user is gripped by the resilient bias of thespring.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are drawings showing a schematic construction of aremote control device that is an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, and FIG. 2C are drawings showing the construction of aclip in the remote control device shown in FIGS. 1A-1B;

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are drawings showing the construction of a remotecontrol device body in the remote control device shown in FIGS. 1A-1B;

FIGS. 4A-4H are explanatory drawings to explain a method of attaching aclip that is an embodiment of the present invention to a remote controldevice body;

FIGS. 5A-5F are explanatory drawings to explain a method of removing theclip that is an embodiment of the present invention from the remotecontrol device body;

FIG. 6 is a drawing showing one construction example of portableelectronic equipment provided with a remote control device that is anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory drawing to explain the direction of characterson a liquid crystal display section of a remote control device that isan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8A, FIG. 8B, and FIG. 8C are explanatory drawings to explain amethod of attaching a remote control device that is an embodiment of thepresent invention to various portions of clothing, and how characters ona liquid crystal display section are seen by user;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory drawing to explain gripping of a remote controlcode by a removed clip that is an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory drawing to explain the application in which aremote control device is turned upside down by using a removed clip thatis an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory drawing to explain gripping of a headphonecode by a removed clip that is an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory drawing to explain a method of distributingthe weights of a remote control device body and a remote control code byusing a removed clip that is an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a drawing showing a schematic construction of a conventionalremote control device;

FIG. 14 is an explanatory drawing to explain the direction of characterson a liquid crystal display section of a conventional remote controldevice;

FIG. 15A, FIG. 15B, and FIG. 15C are explanatory drawings to explain amethod of attaching a conventional remote control device to variousportions of clothing, and how characters on a liquid crystal displaysection are seen by user;

FIG. 16 is an explanatory drawing to explain the direction of charactersopposite to that in FIG. 14, on the liquid crystal display section ofthe conventional remote control device;

FIG. 17 is an explanatory drawing to explain a case where a remotecontrol device is used by turning it upside down; and

FIG. 18 is an explanatory drawing in a case where user wears clothing towhich a conventional remote control device cannot be secured.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detailwith reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B show the construction of a remote control device inaccordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This remotecontrol device 1 is arranged such that a clip 10 is removably attachableto a remote control device body 11. Additionally, when the clip 10 isattached to the remote control device body 11, the direction ofattachment of the clip 10 is changeable. FIG. 1A shows the remotecontrol device 1 in which the clip 10 is attached to the remote controldevice body 11 in the direction in which a grip portion opens and closesto a portable electronic equipment body side; and FIG. 1B shows theremote control device 1 in which the clip 10 is attached to the remotecontrol device body 11 in the direction in which the grip portion opensand closes to a headphone side by changing the direction 180 degreeswith respect to that in FIG. 1A.

FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, and FIG. 2C show the construction of the clip 10alone; and FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B show the construction of the remotecontrol device body 11 alone. The clip 10 is constructed by a pair ofclip pieces 10 b, 10 c, and a fixing lever 10 d, which are rotatablysupported on a rotary axis 10 a, and a spring 10 e fit in the rotaryaxis 10 a, one end of which is supported on the clip piece 10 b, and theother end is supported on the fixing lever 10 d.

Of the pair of clip pieces, the first clip piece 10 b is provided withan operation portion 101 b to be pushed down when opening the first clippiece 10 b, and a grip portion 102 b for gripping a chest pocket, a flyportion etc. of clothing. The grip portion 102 b is formed in an unevenshape so as to be hard to slip off a pocket etc. of clothing.

In the second clip piece 10 c of the other, four projection portions 101c and an opening 102 c are formed in the bottom face thereof.Additionally, a grip portion 103 c is formed at a position opposed tothe grip portion 102 b of the above-mentioned first clip piece 10 b.When the clip 10 is used with removed from the remote control devicebody 11, one end of the second clip piece is also used as the operationportion.

In the fixing lever 10 d, there is formed an engage projection 101 d tobe inserted into the opening 102 c of the second clip piece 10 c whenattaching the clip 10 to the remote control device body 11.

The spring 10 e is biased in the direction in which the fixing lever 10d is biased toward the second clip piece 10 c, and also biased in thedirection in which the grip portion 102 b of the first clip piece 10 band the grip portion 103 c of the second clip piece 10 c arepress-contacted via the fixing lever 10 d. For example, a torsion coilspring is used as the spring 10 e. Alternatively, for example, a platespring etc. may be used as the spring 10 e.

The remote control device body 11 is in a stick shape, for example, anda slide groove 11 a and an engage bore 11 b for attaching the clip 10are formed in the rear side of the remote control device body 11. Inaddition, the remote control device body 11 is provided with a liquidcrystal display section 11 c for displaying character informationoutputted from the portable electronic equipment body, an operation key11 d, and a headphone jack 11 e.

The slide groove 11 a is to slide the projection portion 101 c of thesecond clip piece 10 c when attaching the clip 10 to the remote controldevice body 11. A stopper 111 a for restricting slide action of theprojection portion 101 c is formed midway along the slide groove 11 a.

The engage bore 11 b is to engage the engage projection 101 d of thefixing lever 10 d when attaching the clip 10 to the remote control body11. Two engage bores 11 b are formed in the rear side of the remotecontrol device body 11, and the engage bore 11 b, to which the engageprojection 101 d of the fixing lever 10 d is engaged, is selecteddepending on the direction of attachment of the clip 10.

A method of attaching the clip 10 to the remote control device body 11will next be described by using FIGS. 4A-4H. Herein, there will bedescribed the case of attaching the clip 10 to the remote control devicebody 11 in the direction in which the grip portions 102 b and 103 c openand close to the portable electronic equipment body side.

First, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the positioning of the clip 10 isaccomplished so as to have such a position that the projection portion101 c of the second clip piece 10 c of the clip 10 makes contact withthe slide groove 11 a of the remote control device body 11.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 4C and 4D, the fixing lever 10 d of theclip 10 is lifted in a direction away from the remote control devicebody 11.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 4E and 4F, with the fixing lever 10 d ofthe clip 10 held lifted, the clip 10 is slid leftward as seen in FIG.4F, over the slide groove 11 a of the remote control device body 11 withthe projection portion 101 c of the second clip piece 10 c as guide.This slide of the clip 10 is executed until the projection portion 101 cof the second clip piece 10 c is restricted by the stopper 11 a of theslide groove 11 a.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 4G and 4H, if the fixing lever 10 d ofthe clip 10 is released, by the resilient bias of the spring 10 e, thefixing lever 10 d is rotated with the rotary axis 10 a as spindle, sothat the engage projection 101 d of the fixing lever 10 d is engaged tothe engage bore 1 b of the remote control device body 11.

Thus, the clip 10 is fixedly secured to the remote control device body11. In the case of attaching the clip 10 to the remote control devicebody 11 in the direction in which the grip portions 102 b and 103 c openand close to the headphone side, the direction in which the clip 10 isslid, and the like may be executed in the opposite left-right directionof that in FIG. 4A-4H.

A method of removing the clip 10 from the remote control device body 11will next be described by using FIGS. 5A-5F. Herein, there will bedescribed the case of attaching the clip 10 to the remote control devicebody 11 in the direction in which the grip portions 102 b and 103 c openand close to the portable electronic equipment body side.

First, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the fixing lever 10 d of the clip 10is lifted to release the engage projection 101 d of the fixing lever 10d from the engage bore 11 b of the remote control device body 11.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 5C and 5D, with the fixing lever 10 d ofthe clip 10 held lifted, the clip 10 is slid rightward as seen in FIG.4D, over the slide groove 11 a of the remote control device body 11 withthe projection portion 101 c of the second clip piece 10 c as guide.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 5E and 5F, the clip 10 is lifted suchthat the clip 10 is removed from the remote control device body 11. Inthe case of removing the clip 10 when the clip 10 is attached to theremote control device body 11 in the direction in which the gripportions 102 b and 103 c open and close to the headphone side, thedirection in which the clip 10 is slid, and the like may be executed inthe opposite left-right direction of that in FIGS. 5A-5F.

A method of securing the remote control device 1 to clothing by grippinga chest pocket or a fly portion of the clothing by the clip 10 of thisremote control device 1 will next be described. First, the operationportion 101 b of the first clip piece 10 b is pushed down to open thegrip portions 102 b and 103 c, and grip a chest pocket edge etc. of theclothing between the grip portions 102 b and 103 c. Then, if theoperation portion 101 b of the first clip piece 10 b is released, by theresilient bias of the spring 10 e, the chest pocket edge etc. of theclothing is gripped between the grip portions 102 b and 103 c, and thegrip portions 102 b and 103 c are closed, thereby enabling to secure theremote control device 1 to the clothing by the clip 10.

FIG. 6 shows one construction example of portable electronic equipmenthaving this remote control device 1. The remote control device 1 and aheadphone 3 are electrically connected by inserting a headphone plug 32disposed at the tip of a headphone code 31 of the headphone 3 into aheadphone jack 11 e of the remote control device 1. Then, the remotecontrol device 1 and a portable electronic equipment body 2 areelectrically connected by inserting a remote control plug 13 disposed atthe tip of a remote control code 12 into a remote control jack 21 of theportable electronic equipment body 2. In other words, the remote controldevice 1 is disposed midway along the code for electrically connectingthe portable electronic equipment body 2 and the headphone 3.

For example, audio information reproduced in the portable electronicequipment body 2 is listened by the headphone 3. In this occasion, thecontrol of the portable electronic equipment body 2 can be made by theoperation of the operation key 11 d disposed at the remote controldevice 1.

For example, when the portable electronic equipment is an MD player,indications (e.g., indications such as track number, reproduction time,disk name, title name, title number, and reproduction state) based ondata in its reproduction state, for example, can be confirmed by theliquid crystal display section 11 c of the remote control device 1secured to clothing by the clip 10. Thus, the remote control of theportable electronic equipment is executable by the remote control device1.

Thus in the remote control device of this embodiment, to executeattachment and removal of the clip 10 with respect to the remote controldevice body 11, it may be slid over the slide groove 11 a of the remotecontrol device body 11 with the projection portion 101 c of the secondclip piece 10 c of the clip 10 as guide, thereby facilitating theattachment and the removal of the clip 10 with respect to the remotecontrol device body 11. Additionally, in the remote control device ofthis embodiment, the slide of the clip 10 may be executed until theprojection portion 101 c of the second clip piece 10 c is restricted bythe stopper 111 a of the slide groove 11 a, and hence the position ofattachment of the clip 10 to the remote control device body 11 can bepositioned easily.

Further, since in the remote control device of this embodiment it isarranged such that the clip 10 is secured to the remote control devicebody 11 by having the engage projection 101 d of the fixing lever 10 dof the clip 10 engage to the engage bore 11 b of the remote controldevice body 11 by the resilient bias of the spring 10 e, even if theclip 10 is removable to the remote control device body 11, the clip 10is firmly secured to the remote control device body 11.

Furthermore, since in the remote control device of this embodiment it isarranged to use the spring 10 e for both purposes of closing the clip 10for gripping clothing, and securing the clip 10 to the remote controldevice body 11, there is no need to use additional springs, therebyminimizing cost increase.

Additionally, since in the remote control device of this embodiment thedirection of attachment of the clip 10 is changeable when attaching theclip 10 to the remote control device body 11, even when attaching theclip 10 to a left chest pocket of clothing, or even when attaching theclip 10 to a fly portion regardless of female and male, the characterson the liquid crystal display section 11 c of the remote control device1 are legible thereby to improve the operability of remote control ofthe portable electronic equipment by means of the remote control device1. There will be specifically described by using FIG. 7, and FIG. 8A,FIG. 8B, and FIG. 8C.

As shown in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the direction of characters onthe liquid crystal display section 11 c is from the headphone side tothe portable electronic equipment body side. As shown in FIG. 8A, whenthe remote control device 1 is attached to a left chest pocket ofclothing by using the clip 10, if attached in the direction in which thegrip portions 102 b and 103 c of the clip 10 open and close to theportable electronic equipment body side, characters are directed fromthe left side to the right side as seen from user, and hence thecharacters on the liquid crystal display section 11 c are legible.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the remote control device 1 isattached to a male fly portion of clothing (the fly portion is on theleft side) by using the clip 10, if attached in the direction in whichthe grip portions 102 b and 103 c of the clip 10 open and close to theheadphone side, characters are directed from the left side to the rightside as seen from user, and hence the characters on the liquid crystaldisplay section 11 c are legible.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8C, when the remote control device 1 isattached to a female fly portion of clothing (the fly portion is on theright side) by using the clip 10, if attached in the direction in whichthe grip portions 102 b and 103 c of the clip 10 open and close to theportable electronic equipment side, characters are directed from theleft side to the right side as seen from user, and hence the characterson the liquid crystal display section 11 c are legible.

Further, since in the remote control device of this embodiment it isarranged such that the clip 10 is removable from the remote controldevice body 11, the degree of freedom of the application of the remotecontrol device 1 is improved by utilizing the removed clip 10. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the fixing lever 10 d of theclip 10 removed from the remote control device body 11 is pushed up, andthe remote control code 12 in the vicinity of the remote control devicebody 11 is gripped between the fixing lever 10 d and the second clippiece 10 c. If the fixing lever 10 d is then released, the remotecontrol code 12 is gripped and secured between the fixing lever 10 d andthe second clip piece 10 c by the resilient bias of the spring 10 e.

Between the grip portions 102 b and 103 c of the clip 10, for example,the edge of a left chest pocket of clothing is gripped to secure theclip 10 to the left chest pocket of the clothing. By so doing, theremote control code 12 connected to the remote control device body 11can be supported so as to extend downwardly in the vicinity of theremote control device body 11. Accordingly, the remote control devicebody 11 can be held upside down, thereby improving the degree of freedomof the application of the remote control device 1.

Furthermore, since in the remote control device of this embodiment it isarranged such that the clip 1 is removable from the remote controldevice body 11, even when the clothing of user is, for example, around-neck tee shirt having no pocket, which is clothing that cannotsecure the remote control device 1 by the clip 10, the use of theremoved clip 10 eliminates that the weights of the remote control devicebody 11 etc. are applied to a driver section 33 of the headphone 3, andit is able to prevent hurting the ears to which the headphone 3 isattached. For example, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the fixing lever10 d of the clip 10 removed from the remote control device body 11 ispushed up, and the headphone code 31 is gripped between the fixing lever10 d and the second clip piece 10 c. If the fixing lever 10 d is thenreleased, the headphone code 31 is gripped and secured between thefixing lever 10 d and the second clip piece 10 c by the resilient biasof the spring 10 e.

For example, between the grip portions 102 b and 103 c of the clip 10,the round-neck collar of a tee shirt is gripped so as to secure the clip10 to the round-neck collar of the tee shirt. By so doing, the weightsof the remote control device body 11 and the remote control code 12 areapplied to the clip 10 secured to the round-neck collar of the teeshirt, so that only part of the weights of the headphone 3 and theheadphone code 31 is applied to the driver section 33 of the headphone3, thereby distributing the weights of the remote control device body11, etc. This prevents hurting the ears to which the headphone 3 isattached.

Additionally, since in the remote control device of this embodiment itis arranged such that the clip 10 is removable from the remote controldevice body 11, for user who does not use the clip 10, the remotecontrol device 1 with the clip 10 removed is easy to hold, therebyfacilitating operation and also presenting neat in design.

While the present invention is described by referring to the embodiment,the present invention should not be limited to the foregoing embodiment,and various modifications are possible.

For example, the present invention is also applicable to portableelectronic equipment such as portable telephones, personal digitalassistances (PDAs), notebook computers, transceivers, besides portablesound equipment such as portable MD players, and portable CD players.

While the remote control device in which the headphone is electricallyconnected has been described in the foregoing embodiment, this headphoneis taken to include an earphone and an earphone mike.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As described above, in accordance with a remote control device as setforth in claim 1, it is arranged to dispose a removable clip in theremote control device. Therefore, when attaching the clip to the remotecontrol device, the remote control device can be secured to clothing,and when removing the clip from the remote control device, the remotecontrol device is easy to hold and easy to operate. Additionally, theremoved clip can be used to grip a code.

Alternatively, in accordance with a remote control device as set forthin any one of claim 2 to claim 4, it is arranged such that the directionof attachment of a clip is variable. Therefore, by using the clip, thedirection of attachment of which is selected, the remote control devicecan be secured to clothing in the direction in which characterinformation on the display section is legible.

Further, in accordance with a remote control device as set forth inclaim 5, it is arranged such that a code and clothing can be grippedwith the removed clip. It is therefore able to improve, for example, thedegree of freedom of the application of the remote control device, andsupport the weight of the remote control device by the clip.

1. A remote control device being disposed midway along a code forelectrically connecting a portable electronic equipment and a headphone,and remotely controlling said portable electronic equipment, and havinga display section for displaying character information outputted fromsaid portable electronic equipment, said remote control devicecharacterized by being provided with a removable clip.
 2. The remotecontrol device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: said clipis able to be attached to said remote control device such that a gripportion of said clip opens and closes in the direction of said headphoneside or said portable electronic equipment side.
 3. The remote controldevice as described in claim 2, characterized in that: said clip has afirst clip piece, a second clip piece, and a fixing lever that arerotatably supported on a rotary axis, and a spring disposed at saidrotary axis, one end of which is supported on said first clip piece, andthe other end is supported on said fixing lever, said spring havingresilient bias to bias said fixing lever toward said second clip piece,and also having resilient bias in the direction in which a grip portionof said first clip piece and a grip portion of said second clip pieceare press-contacted via said fixing lever, wherein a projection portionis formed at a bottom face of said second clip piece, and an engageprojection is formed at said fixing lever, and on the body of saidremote control device, there are disposed a slide groove over which saidprojection portion of said second clip piece slides, and two engagebores to which said engage projection of said fixing lever is engaged.4. The remote control device as described in claim 3, characterized inthat: a stopper for restricting said slide said the projection portionof said second clip piece is formed at said slide groove.
 5. The remotecontrol device as described in claim 3, characterized in that: saidremote control device is adapted to grip a code between said fixinglever of said removed clip and said second clip piece, and grip theclothing of user between said first clip piece and said second clippiece.